SADC stockbrokers linking for cross-border investment

Stockbroking firms across Southern Africa are invited for networking on 7 December 2016 to learn more about investment opportunities in neighbouring capital markets. The Committee of SADC Securities Exchanges (CoSSE) aims to implement SADC ideals of close linkages between the region’s capital markets and to support cross-border capital-raising and investments.
First steps are to encourage information flow between the markets and to establish networks so that brokers can route trading to other local exchanges by working with a local broker in the target exchange.

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On the agenda for the 1st SADC Brokers’ Network Session will be to facilitate and provide a platform for SADC brokers to meet each other, agree to enter into a SADC database, agree on a standard counter-party agreement which will be used when brokers trade for each other in their respective jurisdictions, and share information about their respective markets.
Every firm is invited to send representatives to meet other broking firms and learn about their activities. After the networking session, brokers will be encouraged to keep each other informed on local opportunities such as initial public offers (IPOs) which brokers in other countries and their clients may be interested in. Brokers will be able to share trading commissions on such deals when two firms are working together.
There are increasing linkages between the financial systems in the region’s capital markets, including the SADC Integrated Regional Electronic Settlement System (SIRESS) which was successfully launched in 2013 and has been growing fast since then.
The networking session will last all day from 8-5 and it will be at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in Sandton, South Africa. It will be followed by a cocktail. Brokers wishing to attend should contact their national stock exchange.
Other information can be obtained by emailing CoSSEBrokerSession@jse.co.za.

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